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EU, IMF to press Greece on austerity measures
30 May 2011
The EU and IMF want to see Athens impose yet more austerity and reform and privatisation, in the backdrop of growing protests in the country as the austerity drive begins to hurt
China not manipulating currency value
28 May 2011
India offers $5 billion line of credit to Africa
24 May 2011
Japan's woes grow as economy slips into recession
19 May 2011
Japan's economy shrank in the first quarter, slipping into recession as factory production and consumer took a hit from the 11 March earthquake and tsunami.
Global recession affected world’s top innovators in 2009: Booz & Company
By By Barry Jaruzelski and Kevin Dehoff | 17 May 2011
India, Brazil heading for `inevitable' financial crisis: report
14 May 2011
The International Monetary Fund had projected Brazil's debt-to-GDP ratio at 66.8 and India's at 71.8 while for China it had projected a debt-to-GDP ratio of 19.1, warning of a deterioration in the fiscal accounts of India and Brazil.
US welcomes Indian PM's Kabul visit
14 May 2011
Subbarao calls for mechanisms to enforce global financial discipline
10 May 2011
While countries could be persuaded to abandon policies that create negative spillovers for other countries, designing such deals and getting countries to agree to them, however, will remain a major challenge.
Trade must deliver more to LDCs: Lamy
09 May 2011
The least developed countries account for a fifth of the members of the World Trade Organisation, but they still account for just 1 per cent of world trade.
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